China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has put into operation its first offshore wind power station, built to supply electricity to the Suizhong 36-1 oilfield in Bohai Bay.
The wind power station was built; with an investment of 40 million yuan ($5.4 million).The station kicked off trial operations on 8 November and had generated 200,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity by 26 November. The generating unit was fixed to a jacket structure of CNOOC's Suizhong 36-1 oilfield, 70 kilometers offshore in northeast China's Bohai Bay. A five-meter-long submarine cable links the unit with the central platform of the oil filed for power supply. "This is the first wind power station in the world designed for power supply of offshore oil and gas fields," said Zhou Shouwei, CNOOC's deputy general manager. The Chinese government has been promoting the use of renewable energy, including wind power and solar power, amid efforts to shift from heavy reliance on coal consumption.
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